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the carolina watchman foj xiv.-third series salisbury n c september 13 1883 nc48 unknown heroes we see them and we know them not so plain in u h and mein are they ; so slowly is their thankless lot we hear not what thej do or say and yet inr weary months aud years i without a murmur plaint or cry thousands who eat their bread in tears to daily duty pasa us by a sickly mother wan and worn bereft of cheerfulness and light from long-for rest and joy is torn to work from early morn till night . to steal one hour from dieary fate r alter in the hardest tasks i would maktt some home disconsolate and so no peace or joy he asks a little child faint with i e =* fe.irs â€” a girl untimely old am gray â€” ! a man brut down by weight of years â€” all bratoly go their bitter way | we see them and wo know them not so plaiu in garb and mein are they ; so lowly in their thankless lot wo hear not what they do or say heroes unknown â€” through weary years they make no sign of outward cry but eat their bread with bitter ears and we in silence pass them by the schftiih of perjury by which the national treasury has been robbed a notorious character gone 1,000,000 pol\Â»s op dhied fruit and bebries kluttz & rendleman's they have just receive a new supply of summer goo1 cheap with a full assortment nf dry goods notions clothing furnishing gccds their stock of family groceries is large and complete thc still hav :!.â€¢ b flour oat meal meats sugars teas coffecr rice meal bran shorts new orleans molasses syrups pure i ard c a full assortment of family medicines fruit jars cheap and all kinder table and glasstrare a good stock agents for coats 1 spool co still have a plenty of fire cents tinware bpcome and ec ua before y a bnj"o sell for we will do you good y w |" vy u / inly 4th 1883 ' d j bostias ' , " : ' ::; l^^t acsnt for phfflnix iron works ja s3 s3 ly i the republican party and the people liuffitlo courier dem at no time since the second election of gen grant has the republican 1 party enjoyed the confidence of the nation at no time during these ma ny years has it been supported by a majority of the voters of the country five houses of representatives have been elected within the last ten year only in one of these five the republi cans secured a majority of the mem j berg â€” a majority so slender that at one lime it was doubtful whether they could organize he house with out outside help in one of the two last presidential elections the repub lican party was defeated but by un precedented frauds retainded the po sition of power which the people had denied to it while the last presiden tial election was carried by wholesale corruption the feeling of a majori ty of the uation toward that party is not merely one of distrust but it is a feeling of utter disgust gold from peruvian rivers the whole of the chucamba peru says a correspondent in iron for a number of leagues above and below the temple of the sun is auriferous i and the inhabitants of the province of ! huamelies through which it pat-ses obtain by washing the sand and by means of sheepskins 200,000 or 300,000 worth of gold annually the wool on the skin is cut out until it is about half an inch in length the skins are then anchored down with the wool side up by means of loose stones placed on them in and j below the various rapids iu which position they are suffered to remain from 6 to 24 hours they are then raised carefully out of the water turn ed wool sine downward into a batea tub of water and thoroughly wash ed ; the gold falling from the wool of the skin is finally collect from the bottom of the batea sheep were un known to the incas and as they had obtained an immense amount of gold from this pactolean stream it i3 pre sumed that they used the skins of the wamtk camelus lacina of li nnieus and those of the vicuna camelus peruanus or vicuyna of linnaeus the above will not only be of interest to the gen eral reader but will also furnish a wrinkle to gold miners similarly situ ated manufactories lynx mass augnst 18 lowell pall river willimantic and manchester are communities of spinners waterbury in connecticut lias been built tip by brass its neighbor thomnston by clocks and meriden by silver plate nearly nil th glove product f the country come from two little towns in new yorkâ€”govcrs ville and johnstown lynn is devoted to shoes three hundred and thirty fac tories twenty-live churches solid brick and stone aud homes of nearly forty thousand people owe their existence to i this industry ladies 1 hue shoes are al most the only product of these factories a walk through the factories shows the most perfect system and the moÂ»t im proved machinery the shoe begins in the basement and the work is continued in the different departments until in the upper story the finished product appears 1 he first step shown tho visitor is the cutting out of the hole done by dies in huge power presses in the next story men at benches are cutting out the up peis by hand calfskin not working well in presses by loason of its unequal thick ness in the stories abore scores of ma chines tended some by girls and others by men are sewing soles to the uppers sewing in linings putting in eyelets forming burnishing and polishing with almost human intelligence with such appliances one would suppose that these shrewd manufacturers might capture the world's markets but 1 learned that none of their goods are sent out of the united states although they go everywhere in it except at home dealers in tho imme diate vicinity ordering theii goods in l*os ton death of emma jacobs hi the alms jloiuse after a long career of ouiljed splendor philadelphia times there died iu the hospital of the almshouse yesterday a woman who was known on the register as emma thompson but whose career a qiiar ] ter of a century ago under the name of emma jacobs had a national notoriety she was lx.ru in lancas ter county over seventy years ago her life iu philadelphia jbegan at an early age and it was in this city that ' he started her remarkable career j her powers of fascination were inar j velous and some of the most promi nent men in the country vied with each other to win her smile and favor the amounts of money she received i from these men aggregated thousands ; of dollars a year her beauty it is said i by those who remember her in her best days to have been of a type that com pelled admiration from all who saw her and daniel webster said of her she has the most perfect carriage of any women i have ever seen she rapidly acquired wealth and built several houses iu what is now j bryan's court a little street running 1 off from cherry between seventh and eighth the houses she rented and j by reinvesting the income her means increased until at one time her proper ; ty was valued at 60,000 a large sum | iu those days the corner house she occupied herself here she held court for gentlemen of leisure as well as 1 lawyers ami men of letters her house being the resort at times lor some of the brightest intellect in the country while congress was in session it was ' her custom to go to washington and ' it was there that some of her most re ' markable onquest occurred she is i said to have completely fascinated at ! least one president of the united ; states and nearly all the leading men in washington from 1850 to 60 made ! her rooms a rendezvous so great was her influence over the members of j congress that her value as a lobbyist i was known to corporations and iudi viduals and many important bills j were passed through her instrument 1 ality probably the only man who ever won her affections was a preacher . named thompson a virginian whom ' she married thompson afterwards lost his reason and was placed in the ' insane ward of the alms-house where j he died three years ago previous to this event mrs thompson's charms began to fade and she had disappear ed from public notice her old time shrewdness seemed to disappear and in a few months she lost nearly all that she had spent her life in acquir ing her properties on cherry street were gradually encumbered with mortgages and finally losing them she became absolutely in want du ' ( ring thompson's incarceration in the madhouse his wife visited him nearly every visiting day constantly supply ing him delicacies her face was well known to the officials of the iii . stitution and she was supposed to be worth considerable money on the 28th day of november 1881 she presented herself at the gateway [ of the institution with the remark that she had come to stay the gatekeep er was surprised and refused to believe her statement it is true she said aud pulling out a card of admission signed by guardian chambers she handed it to the man and burst into j tears she left enough money to pay for her funeral expenses and will be buried by william s moore proba bly on thursday north carolina's precious stones asheville citizen we liave just beon shown a lot of jewel | stone's ivy dr c i smith which lie j lias collected in the comities went of the | bine ridge he has had h*m hand somely and tastefully cut by an experi ! enced lapidary in philadelphia amongst them are nine beautiful and richly color ed garnets the largest of which weighs | forty two grains there are two ame . thysts of rare richness in color three | green quartz found only in macon we ! have beeu particularly struck with the i subdued beauty of two stones of a honey 'â– colored chalcedony the it also a beryl of giÂ«at purity and brilliancy but that ; which is the most attractive in the whole ! lot are eleven sapphires of different shadc-b , of color and design in the form of eat | ting amongst them are two rubies gen ! uine oriental rubies of light shade but great brilliancy the lapidary who cut the whole lot says in a letter to dr smith the sapphires are about the i best i have cut of stones found in this country health alphabet tho ladies sanitary association of london gives the following simple rules for keeping health which we find copied in the sanitarian : â– a s soon as you are up shake blanket and sheet ; b â€” etter bo without shoes than sit with wet feet ; c bildren it healthy are active not ! still d amp lieds and damp cloths will both make you ill ; e at slowly and always chew vour food well f â€” reshen the air in the house where you dwell ; g arments must never be made too tight h omes should bo healthy airy and ! light â€¢ 1 i â€” f you wish to be well as you do i've j no doubt j â€” ust open the windows before yon go out ; k eep the rooms always tidy and clean l â€” et dust on the furniture never be seen ; m â€” uch illness is caused by the want of pure air n â€” ow to open the windows be ever your care ; 0 id rags and old rubbish should never be kept ; pâ€”eople should see that their floors are well swept ; q uick movements in children are heal thy and right ; r ciuember the young cannot thrive ' without li^ht ; s ee that the cistern is clean to the in i m ; t ate eare that your dress is all tidy and trim : u se your nose to find if there be a bad drain : v cry sad are the fevers that conic in its train ; yv alk as much as you can without feel ing fatigue ; x erxes could walk full many a leauge y â€” our health is your wealth which your wisdom must keep ; z eal will help a good cause and the good you will reap english millionaires are buying up vacant land in the west at a rapid rate sir edward reed m p owns 2,000,000 acres ; the duke of sutherland 400,000 ; lord dun more 1,00,000 and lÂ«rd dun raven g0 000 london syndicates have also made large purchases and still they come it is announced that lord qucensbury is negotiating for an ex tensive tract of land in texas â€” jour nal observer among tho lowe-r races tli belief that the world was created by animals is al i most universal but there is a great va ! riety of belief as to what the animal was in west africa spiders are supposed to be tho makers of the world the north american indians ascribe the work to rare ns coyotes or dogs ; the australians i to crows and cockatoo a man's ruling passion is the key to his character love like charity covers a multitude of faults if you count the sunny and cloudy days of the whole year you will find that tho runny ones predominate tho grave is a terry small hillock but we can see further from it than from the highest mountain in all the world speaking much is a sign of vanity for lie that is lavish in words is a nig gard in deed when you fret and fume at the petty ills of life remember that the wheels which go rouud without creaking last longest let us have faith that ri^ht makes might and in that faith lot us to the end daie to do our duty as we understand it it is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composi tion the hape of our national perpetuity rests upon the individual freedom which shall forever keep up the circuit f per petual change we do not have great ti ials and sharp agonies and heroic worksto do every day it is very small strokes that make the diamond shine the carolina watchman established ix the vear 18s2 pw ce,$1.5Â«in advance choleb a ! prof darby's prophylactic fluid tb e most powerful antiseptic known will rÂ«2 t ' t 3"t tee cholera j the mo c t power ant ! i sf hi 1 ligpni whlcb iin-iii i it destroys hstry has produced i the tsusp either internal i â– ^^^^ : t 1 1 ii i^.'i " i the production ol ills â€¢â€¢ i-riiisce isps and hip -' 'â€¢Â« ''â– â– â€¢ . . used on ulcers i , u s,uukns.ekcpt!ons ksil stops all pain ,, the parts and i fstlic pi.-l rorm l-lesh asiatic cholera jj i t p ur ifies a atmosphere | - "' " i its exposure in a sluk â– â– ' cellar stable pu shau po mkasi.k i ei ri j lcs | iie a t ui ospliere and ww kbvkr kkysicki Â»>. ( |,-| w ., j aa y iii genils o ,. ' : i 1 *" disease and death v â– ;'â– ;â– ' mt taken mtprnally 11 m â– '. ,; , ,,.,,Â» r >â– '., .,â€žâ– /,. giving ubui v tone and healthy vigor â– li s thus that ii ru,vÂ«in i â€ž'â€žâ€ž and dyspepsia | when used as a lotion >.. 11 destroys all freckle and â– * muu-h producing germs . â– , â– >.-.,..< leaving the skin clear .. ;.!â– ,. in d transpareal as lintli fiii u r ii little child i3 iihid â– â€¢ q j t re nders all itj scomecia contact r "' 'â€¢'" "^â„¢- i with pure and the systematic robbery of ex-sol diers and pensioners by claim agent harpies resident iu washington is more extensive and far reaching than has generally been supposed every day since the first exposure of the fitzgerald gang addili nal facts have conic to light illustrative of the swind ling methods the fee-and-expense in-advauce system of exhortation ap pears to have been the favorite scheme and it was worked for all it was worth to carry this out most ingeniously worded circulars are sent broadcast among the ex-soldiers and every inducement is offered to make some sort of a claim against the gov ernment nine out of ten of these cases'could not stand a minute's ex amination in the pension office it is not an exaggeration to say with the former commissioner of pensions that one of every live claims which went through was fraudulent this is be ginning to be found out a pension office official says there is no reasona ble doubt but that more money has been fraudulently abstracted from the treasury in one year on false claims than was obtained by the star route ring in the same time and about which the country has heard so much a hundred million of dollars in a single year formed a tempting prize to the pensw n agents ring and out of it the ring must have got upwards of ten millions their particular portion being in fees and expenses claims by the hundred and by the thousands are made up in washing ton and sent ready-made to the x soldiers for signature and oath many men are found tno hone.-t to perjure themselves thus but the temptation offered several thousand dollars iu a lump if the case went through is too great in most cases to be resisted the more squeamish are urged by letters and circulars to sign and swear and forward one of these circulars from n v fitzgearald & co dated april 26 1883 addressed friend and client says it is some time since the claim was made up and urges that it be signed sworn to and returned immediately millions of money it says have been appropriated and we can file your claim aud secure to you the benefit of the recent tnactment mil us i n mie many of the nn destroyer is appliea i rÂ«Â»r priiitoj matter deserip . e oraddrrss j h zeilin & co mist i'llii.alikl.rilla hill bottles 1 00 blackier&taylor having purchased stock 0 f wm smithdeal as well as the interest of r r crawford of the firm of r r crawford & co "'Â« are now prepared to supply our â– customers witli all kinds of agricultural implements ulilil ion to tlie selected stock oi " \ r l v a k k in the we also handle jrifb ana blasting powder ' : ' ' di mining supplies we will jg3 p^plicate any prices in the state w xu an1 see rs s.!il.\i-kher sah'l taylor for rent i â– appl to\v ii.nkave 42 another circular says the cases of those who pay their feed in advance will be made special by the de jartment every effort is made to get hold of that fee this system of wholesale perjury is believed to have been carried on to a greater extent than has ever yet been stated instead of offering a harbor of refuge to the oppressed of all nations this country io just now placed in the attitude of refusing justice to those who are within its jurisdiction twenty-four chinamen now on board a vessel in this port who complain of ill-treatment are refused the priv ilege of landing to seek redress in our courts for the credit of the country we trust that it may be shown that our laws will not hear such a construction â€” 1 y tribune the x y world the republican party has outlived its mission it has disposed of all its prominent candi dates grant is dead hayes is dead garfield is dead blaine has gone in to literature colliding has been set aside so has bristow windoni has failed in the attempt to build up a new stock exchange and gone to eu rope sherman has been outwitted by foster cameron has in political parlance lost his grip colfax died of credit mobilier all â€” all are gone the stall fed ox still eats at the public crib but torpidity simulates death the hope that the republican party may find new issues and still live cannot be realized i school books full stock lowest price writing paper pens and pencils enrelops visiting cards seaside novels and monroe's library blank books gold pens autograph and photograph albums wall paper toilet articles perfumery fine toilet soap combs ind brushes bi.thin ii)v/>.s and towels plated ware fine cigars french can dies a specialty tropical fruits in pea son pictures 5c picture frames toys dolls vases and t 0 ii e t rets accor deons and ba nmos violins guitars and banjo strings theo.kierbaiti 44 ealisbuky n c ij a great f ater-poinr for sale ! tlie most extraordinary unimproved water power on the yadkin river is for f<ale at low figures it i situate at the head of the narrows in stanly county s miles from albemarle the county beat : 13 miles from gold hill and about 28 miles from salisbury it is one mile from the public highway leading to salisbury from which road it is easily accessible down to the water's edge the peculiar feature of thi ; property is that it i a natural stone dam which makes about a six foot head ol ! available water the dam runs at n angle of about 20 or 25 deg up the river nearly all the way across gradually diminishing in height as it approaches the opposite shore a ran of 400 feet in length will id from 12 to 14 additional feet of head mak ing the grand power of is or 20 there i any quantity of building stone and slate of excellent quality on the premises easily transported by water this excellent power may be r i f r grist and flouring mills cotton & woolen factories reduction mill forsulphu reted ores it i ronveniently near the mines of montgomery stauly parts of cabarrng rowan and lÂ»avids<:n counties to make it n cust<Â»m mill lor the reduction of nres with the great advantage of being in the centre of the mining districts named alÂ»ote the ores within easy reach could not be worked out in a century this water power with 10 arres attached ig offerred at 2,.>00 with the option of 100 acres at 3,500 the lands are â– â€¢ ble for fanning purposes the situation healthy the society good and hurch ainl school advantages very goÂ«ml persons wishing further information may a watchman salisbury or mr j it lit tleton albemarle n c m.,p t .) hcil on appli : it ion 53:tf to.ttks.tlin flll our steel constantly mmtt under the fiem name of pluhj1ek a orÂ«%rv wm j plummer long known .-> t !â€ž , harness ami sa.ldle maki , ho ,\ r , ,!,, lie m salisbury r,-,;.i j ,. : : . to old friends ami jrons ri an invi . l " call ami see i m â– â€¢ .-... fc . ; lllw hartiaw saddles < ollar ac hr Â«- . salihfaelioii lo every punna-ei of .\. *. - and also his repair work i.'.n < .-,. ;. xouil irticlc will mlmil nf c ,,'| an plummer & morgan aflstetteftv || Â«* celebmteo i \ â€ž. stomach 0 sitters fn fpreranil n^iif tlutrirb 1 'â– 1 other regiona visir r l by epi.l indeed in 1 | localities wh.-r ihi ions arc unfatormble t hÂ«-ai;i t moil vegetable invigonu hostetter'a stomach it foun.l a t in safegaurd â€¢ â€¢ conbtntions ami fragile fran a our for indigestion biliou awl complaints it n * lot baii by all d n â– /^^-. pfbrn v rittir t ij if lci-iixluu ti _ administrator salecflan i in pursnanre <â€¢};; jnil^inrnt n rinr court of ijÂ«'u mi â– procecdiii ol .! lines 1 i . â– ~ stewart ilini - 'Â» \ v nancy miller ami 01 â– - . â– . â– said i a miller we Â« -â– â– crj ti t i highest liii 1 â– it 1 in : in salisbury on h:ndav the 10th of septembsr iz '. the follow iiilt â– 'â– - '. ited in fi nk in1 - '.. tv \Â« iiil r lot n i ; lands t jehu foster sr . _ . 1 foster and convf i i to i a m tth day 1 januan . ! s -:;. and i tered in bÂ«mÂ»k 62 i i !' l ' â– â€¢ rowan county containing one ii an i fortj three 11 re ess tekm sa n third â€¢ - in six monl i and tli i iid:,r title retained until ti 1 iiiÂ«.ii<-y is pai . def i red paj im-iit at the iv cent per annum tas p trkxi.kra c vv - admrso/d.a t i i a sÂ«3 ; . = : a company of eminent chemist have been analyzing lard tnmples before t lie chicago board of trade with a result not eminently satisfactory perfectly pure lard prepared under a guard they anal yzed and tested and looked wise over and then prounounced it to be cotton seed oil and tallow and the samples that were adulterated they united in de claring perfectly pure in such a cx.so is it proper to jeer at the chemists or to be enthusiastic over this uÂ«\v feat of prac tical science in finding a substitute for lard that is better than the lard itsalf â€¢ man cannot dream himself into a noble character he must achieve it by diligent effort . let friendship creep gently to a height ; if it rush to it it may soon run itsjf out of breath to eujoy a good thing exclusively is very often to exclude yourself from the true enjoyment of it men are born with two eyes but with one tongue in order that they should see twice as much us they say however things may seem no evil thing is a success and no good thing is a failure a boston press dispatch informs us that in the industrial exposition now bcin r held there north carolina makes the best exhibit of any single state outside of massachusetts tlie crowning fortune of a man is to be borne to some pursuit which finds hi in in employment and happiness whether if be to make baskets or broadswords or caudles or statues or songs the pleasantcst things in the world are pleasant thoughts and the greatest art in life is to have as many of them as possible a friend cannot be known in pros perity and an enemy cannot be hid in adversity it has been found that copper exists in all plauts and especially iu wheat it does uÂ»t therefore prove that bread is adulterated because truces of copper are detected in it * these two tilings contradictory as they hiuv seem must go together â€” manly de pendence uud inauly independence mau iy reliauce and manly self reliance

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the carolina watchman foj xiv.-third series salisbury n c september 13 1883 nc48 unknown heroes we see them and we know them not so plain in u h and mein are they ; so slowly is their thankless lot we hear not what thej do or say and yet inr weary months aud years i without a murmur plaint or cry thousands who eat their bread in tears to daily duty pasa us by a sickly mother wan and worn bereft of cheerfulness and light from long-for rest and joy is torn to work from early morn till night . to steal one hour from dieary fate r alter in the hardest tasks i would maktt some home disconsolate and so no peace or joy he asks a little child faint with i e =* fe.irs â€” a girl untimely old am gray â€” ! a man brut down by weight of years â€” all bratoly go their bitter way | we see them and wo know them not so plaiu in garb and mein are they ; so lowly in their thankless lot wo hear not what they do or say heroes unknown â€” through weary years they make no sign of outward cry but eat their bread with bitter ears and we in silence pass them by the schftiih of perjury by which the national treasury has been robbed a notorious character gone 1,000,000 pol\Â»s op dhied fruit and bebries kluttz & rendleman's they have just receive a new supply of summer goo1 cheap with a full assortment nf dry goods notions clothing furnishing gccds their stock of family groceries is large and complete thc still hav :!.â€¢ b flour oat meal meats sugars teas coffecr rice meal bran shorts new orleans molasses syrups pure i ard c a full assortment of family medicines fruit jars cheap and all kinder table and glasstrare a good stock agents for coats 1 spool co still have a plenty of fire cents tinware bpcome and ec ua before y a bnj"o sell for we will do you good y w |" vy u / inly 4th 1883 ' d j bostias ' , " : ' ::; l^^t acsnt for phfflnix iron works ja s3 s3 ly i the republican party and the people liuffitlo courier dem at no time since the second election of gen grant has the republican 1 party enjoyed the confidence of the nation at no time during these ma ny years has it been supported by a majority of the voters of the country five houses of representatives have been elected within the last ten year only in one of these five the republi cans secured a majority of the mem j berg â€” a majority so slender that at one lime it was doubtful whether they could organize he house with out outside help in one of the two last presidential elections the repub lican party was defeated but by un precedented frauds retainded the po sition of power which the people had denied to it while the last presiden tial election was carried by wholesale corruption the feeling of a majori ty of the uation toward that party is not merely one of distrust but it is a feeling of utter disgust gold from peruvian rivers the whole of the chucamba peru says a correspondent in iron for a number of leagues above and below the temple of the sun is auriferous i and the inhabitants of the province of ! huamelies through which it pat-ses obtain by washing the sand and by means of sheepskins 200,000 or 300,000 worth of gold annually the wool on the skin is cut out until it is about half an inch in length the skins are then anchored down with the wool side up by means of loose stones placed on them in and j below the various rapids iu which position they are suffered to remain from 6 to 24 hours they are then raised carefully out of the water turn ed wool sine downward into a batea tub of water and thoroughly wash ed ; the gold falling from the wool of the skin is finally collect from the bottom of the batea sheep were un known to the incas and as they had obtained an immense amount of gold from this pactolean stream it i3 pre sumed that they used the skins of the wamtk camelus lacina of li nnieus and those of the vicuna camelus peruanus or vicuyna of linnaeus the above will not only be of interest to the gen eral reader but will also furnish a wrinkle to gold miners similarly situ ated manufactories lynx mass augnst 18 lowell pall river willimantic and manchester are communities of spinners waterbury in connecticut lias been built tip by brass its neighbor thomnston by clocks and meriden by silver plate nearly nil th glove product f the country come from two little towns in new yorkâ€”govcrs ville and johnstown lynn is devoted to shoes three hundred and thirty fac tories twenty-live churches solid brick and stone aud homes of nearly forty thousand people owe their existence to i this industry ladies 1 hue shoes are al most the only product of these factories a walk through the factories shows the most perfect system and the moÂ»t im proved machinery the shoe begins in the basement and the work is continued in the different departments until in the upper story the finished product appears 1 he first step shown tho visitor is the cutting out of the hole done by dies in huge power presses in the next story men at benches are cutting out the up peis by hand calfskin not working well in presses by loason of its unequal thick ness in the stories abore scores of ma chines tended some by girls and others by men are sewing soles to the uppers sewing in linings putting in eyelets forming burnishing and polishing with almost human intelligence with such appliances one would suppose that these shrewd manufacturers might capture the world's markets but 1 learned that none of their goods are sent out of the united states although they go everywhere in it except at home dealers in tho imme diate vicinity ordering theii goods in l*os ton death of emma jacobs hi the alms jloiuse after a long career of ouiljed splendor philadelphia times there died iu the hospital of the almshouse yesterday a woman who was known on the register as emma thompson but whose career a qiiar ] ter of a century ago under the name of emma jacobs had a national notoriety she was lx.ru in lancas ter county over seventy years ago her life iu philadelphia jbegan at an early age and it was in this city that ' he started her remarkable career j her powers of fascination were inar j velous and some of the most promi nent men in the country vied with each other to win her smile and favor the amounts of money she received i from these men aggregated thousands ; of dollars a year her beauty it is said i by those who remember her in her best days to have been of a type that com pelled admiration from all who saw her and daniel webster said of her she has the most perfect carriage of any women i have ever seen she rapidly acquired wealth and built several houses iu what is now j bryan's court a little street running 1 off from cherry between seventh and eighth the houses she rented and j by reinvesting the income her means increased until at one time her proper ; ty was valued at 60,000 a large sum | iu those days the corner house she occupied herself here she held court for gentlemen of leisure as well as 1 lawyers ami men of letters her house being the resort at times lor some of the brightest intellect in the country while congress was in session it was ' her custom to go to washington and ' it was there that some of her most re ' markable onquest occurred she is i said to have completely fascinated at ! least one president of the united ; states and nearly all the leading men in washington from 1850 to 60 made ! her rooms a rendezvous so great was her influence over the members of j congress that her value as a lobbyist i was known to corporations and iudi viduals and many important bills j were passed through her instrument 1 ality probably the only man who ever won her affections was a preacher . named thompson a virginian whom ' she married thompson afterwards lost his reason and was placed in the ' insane ward of the alms-house where j he died three years ago previous to this event mrs thompson's charms began to fade and she had disappear ed from public notice her old time shrewdness seemed to disappear and in a few months she lost nearly all that she had spent her life in acquir ing her properties on cherry street were gradually encumbered with mortgages and finally losing them she became absolutely in want du ' ( ring thompson's incarceration in the madhouse his wife visited him nearly every visiting day constantly supply ing him delicacies her face was well known to the officials of the iii . stitution and she was supposed to be worth considerable money on the 28th day of november 1881 she presented herself at the gateway [ of the institution with the remark that she had come to stay the gatekeep er was surprised and refused to believe her statement it is true she said aud pulling out a card of admission signed by guardian chambers she handed it to the man and burst into j tears she left enough money to pay for her funeral expenses and will be buried by william s moore proba bly on thursday north carolina's precious stones asheville citizen we liave just beon shown a lot of jewel | stone's ivy dr c i smith which lie j lias collected in the comities went of the | bine ridge he has had h*m hand somely and tastefully cut by an experi ! enced lapidary in philadelphia amongst them are nine beautiful and richly color ed garnets the largest of which weighs | forty two grains there are two ame . thysts of rare richness in color three | green quartz found only in macon we ! have beeu particularly struck with the i subdued beauty of two stones of a honey 'â– colored chalcedony the it also a beryl of giÂ«at purity and brilliancy but that ; which is the most attractive in the whole ! lot are eleven sapphires of different shadc-b , of color and design in the form of eat | ting amongst them are two rubies gen ! uine oriental rubies of light shade but great brilliancy the lapidary who cut the whole lot says in a letter to dr smith the sapphires are about the i best i have cut of stones found in this country health alphabet tho ladies sanitary association of london gives the following simple rules for keeping health which we find copied in the sanitarian : â– a s soon as you are up shake blanket and sheet ; b â€” etter bo without shoes than sit with wet feet ; c bildren it healthy are active not ! still d amp lieds and damp cloths will both make you ill ; e at slowly and always chew vour food well f â€” reshen the air in the house where you dwell ; g arments must never be made too tight h omes should bo healthy airy and ! light â€¢ 1 i â€” f you wish to be well as you do i've j no doubt j â€” ust open the windows before yon go out ; k eep the rooms always tidy and clean l â€” et dust on the furniture never be seen ; m â€” uch illness is caused by the want of pure air n â€” ow to open the windows be ever your care ; 0 id rags and old rubbish should never be kept ; pâ€”eople should see that their floors are well swept ; q uick movements in children are heal thy and right ; r ciuember the young cannot thrive ' without li^ht ; s ee that the cistern is clean to the in i m ; t ate eare that your dress is all tidy and trim : u se your nose to find if there be a bad drain : v cry sad are the fevers that conic in its train ; yv alk as much as you can without feel ing fatigue ; x erxes could walk full many a leauge y â€” our health is your wealth which your wisdom must keep ; z eal will help a good cause and the good you will reap english millionaires are buying up vacant land in the west at a rapid rate sir edward reed m p owns 2,000,000 acres ; the duke of sutherland 400,000 ; lord dun more 1,00,000 and lÂ«rd dun raven g0 000 london syndicates have also made large purchases and still they come it is announced that lord qucensbury is negotiating for an ex tensive tract of land in texas â€” jour nal observer among tho lowe-r races tli belief that the world was created by animals is al i most universal but there is a great va ! riety of belief as to what the animal was in west africa spiders are supposed to be tho makers of the world the north american indians ascribe the work to rare ns coyotes or dogs ; the australians i to crows and cockatoo a man's ruling passion is the key to his character love like charity covers a multitude of faults if you count the sunny and cloudy days of the whole year you will find that tho runny ones predominate tho grave is a terry small hillock but we can see further from it than from the highest mountain in all the world speaking much is a sign of vanity for lie that is lavish in words is a nig gard in deed when you fret and fume at the petty ills of life remember that the wheels which go rouud without creaking last longest let us have faith that ri^ht makes might and in that faith lot us to the end daie to do our duty as we understand it it is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composi tion the hape of our national perpetuity rests upon the individual freedom which shall forever keep up the circuit f per petual change we do not have great ti ials and sharp agonies and heroic worksto do every day it is very small strokes that make the diamond shine the carolina watchman established ix the vear 18s2 pw ce,$1.5Â«in advance choleb a ! prof darby's prophylactic fluid tb e most powerful antiseptic known will rÂ«2 t ' t 3"t tee cholera j the mo c t power ant ! i sf hi 1 ligpni whlcb iin-iii i it destroys hstry has produced i the tsusp either internal i â– ^^^^ : t 1 1 ii i^.'i " i the production ol ills â€¢â€¢ i-riiisce isps and hip -' 'â€¢Â« ''â– â– â€¢ . . used on ulcers i , u s,uukns.ekcpt!ons ksil stops all pain ,, the parts and i fstlic pi.-l rorm l-lesh asiatic cholera jj i t p ur ifies a atmosphere | - "' " i its exposure in a sluk â– â– ' cellar stable pu shau po mkasi.k i ei ri j lcs | iie a t ui ospliere and ww kbvkr kkysicki Â»>. 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' : i 1 *" disease and death v â– ;'â– ;â– ' mt taken mtprnally 11 m â– '. ,; , ,,.,,Â» r >â– '., .,â€žâ– /,. giving ubui v tone and healthy vigor â– li s thus that ii ru,vÂ«in i â€ž'â€žâ€ž and dyspepsia | when used as a lotion >.. 11 destroys all freckle and â– * muu-h producing germs . â– , â– >.-.,..< leaving the skin clear .. ;.!â– ,. in d transpareal as lintli fiii u r ii little child i3 iihid â– â€¢ q j t re nders all itj scomecia contact r "' 'â€¢'" "^â„¢- i with pure and the systematic robbery of ex-sol diers and pensioners by claim agent harpies resident iu washington is more extensive and far reaching than has generally been supposed every day since the first exposure of the fitzgerald gang addili nal facts have conic to light illustrative of the swind ling methods the fee-and-expense in-advauce system of exhortation ap pears to have been the favorite scheme and it was worked for all it was worth to carry this out most ingeniously worded circulars are sent broadcast among the ex-soldiers and every inducement is offered to make some sort of a claim against the gov ernment nine out of ten of these cases'could not stand a minute's ex amination in the pension office it is not an exaggeration to say with the former commissioner of pensions that one of every live claims which went through was fraudulent this is be ginning to be found out a pension office official says there is no reasona ble doubt but that more money has been fraudulently abstracted from the treasury in one year on false claims than was obtained by the star route ring in the same time and about which the country has heard so much a hundred million of dollars in a single year formed a tempting prize to the pensw n agents ring and out of it the ring must have got upwards of ten millions their particular portion being in fees and expenses claims by the hundred and by the thousands are made up in washing ton and sent ready-made to the x soldiers for signature and oath many men are found tno hone.-t to perjure themselves thus but the temptation offered several thousand dollars iu a lump if the case went through is too great in most cases to be resisted the more squeamish are urged by letters and circulars to sign and swear and forward one of these circulars from n v fitzgearald & co dated april 26 1883 addressed friend and client says it is some time since the claim was made up and urges that it be signed sworn to and returned immediately millions of money it says have been appropriated and we can file your claim aud secure to you the benefit of the recent tnactment mil us i n mie many of the nn destroyer is appliea i rÂ«Â»r priiitoj matter deserip . e oraddrrss j h zeilin & co mist i'llii.alikl.rilla hill bottles 1 00 blackier&taylor having purchased stock 0 f wm smithdeal as well as the interest of r r crawford of the firm of r r crawford & co "'Â« are now prepared to supply our â– customers witli all kinds of agricultural implements ulilil ion to tlie selected stock oi " \ r l v a k k in the we also handle jrifb ana blasting powder ' : ' ' di mining supplies we will jg3 p^plicate any prices in the state w xu an1 see rs s.!il.\i-kher sah'l taylor for rent i â– appl to\v ii.nkave 42 another circular says the cases of those who pay their feed in advance will be made special by the de jartment every effort is made to get hold of that fee this system of wholesale perjury is believed to have been carried on to a greater extent than has ever yet been stated instead of offering a harbor of refuge to the oppressed of all nations this country io just now placed in the attitude of refusing justice to those who are within its jurisdiction twenty-four chinamen now on board a vessel in this port who complain of ill-treatment are refused the priv ilege of landing to seek redress in our courts for the credit of the country we trust that it may be shown that our laws will not hear such a construction â€” 1 y tribune the x y world the republican party has outlived its mission it has disposed of all its prominent candi dates grant is dead hayes is dead garfield is dead blaine has gone in to literature colliding has been set aside so has bristow windoni has failed in the attempt to build up a new stock exchange and gone to eu rope sherman has been outwitted by foster cameron has in political parlance lost his grip colfax died of credit mobilier all â€” all are gone the stall fed ox still eats at the public crib but torpidity simulates death the hope that the republican party may find new issues and still live cannot be realized i school books full stock lowest price writing paper pens and pencils enrelops visiting cards seaside novels and monroe's library blank books gold pens autograph and photograph albums wall paper toilet articles perfumery fine toilet soap combs ind brushes bi.thin ii)v/>.s and towels plated ware fine cigars french can dies a specialty tropical fruits in pea son pictures 5c picture frames toys dolls vases and t 0 ii e t rets accor deons and ba nmos violins guitars and banjo strings theo.kierbaiti 44 ealisbuky n c ij a great f ater-poinr for sale ! tlie most extraordinary unimproved water power on the yadkin river is for f00 with the option of 100 acres at 3,500 the lands are â– â€¢ ble for fanning purposes the situation healthy the society good and hurch ainl school advantages very goÂ«ml persons wishing further information may a watchman salisbury or mr j it lit tleton albemarle n c m.,p t .) hcil on appli : it ion 53:tf to.ttks.tlin flll our steel constantly mmtt under the fiem name of pluhj1ek a orÂ«%rv wm j plummer long known .-> t !â€ž , harness ami sa.ldle maki , ho ,\ r , ,!,, lie m salisbury r,-,;.i j ,. : : . to old friends ami jrons ri an invi . l " call ami see i m â– â€¢ .-... fc . ; lllw hartiaw saddles < ollar ac hr Â«- . salihfaelioii lo every punna-ei of .\. *. - and also his repair work i.'.n < .-,. ;. xouil irticlc will mlmil nf c ,,'| an plummer & morgan aflstetteftv || Â«* celebmteo i \ â€ž. stomach 0 sitters fn fpreranil n^iif tlutrirb 1 'â– 1 other regiona visir r l by epi.l indeed in 1 | localities wh.-r ihi ions arc unfatormble t hÂ«-ai;i t moil vegetable invigonu hostetter'a stomach it foun.l a t in safegaurd â€¢ â€¢ conbtntions ami fragile fran a our for indigestion biliou awl complaints it n * lot baii by all d n â– /^^-. pfbrn v rittir t ij if lci-iixluu ti _ administrator salecflan i in pursnanre